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G. 0. ELLIOTT. TYPE WRITING MACHINE.

No. 573,081. Patented Dec. 15, 1896;

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No. 573,081. Patented Dec 15, .1896.

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NITED STATES PATENT GEORGE CRAWFORD ELLIOTT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNCR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO W. P. HATCH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TYPE-WRITING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 573,081, dated December 15, 1896.

Application filed December 20, 1890. Renewed May 21,1896. $erial No. 592,486. (No model) 7') al whom it may concern: tachment; Fig. 4, a front elevation of the at- Be it known that I, GEORGE CRAWFORD EL- tachment, showing the same in its operative LIOTT, of Chicago, county of Cook, and State relation to a bookand machine; and Fig. 5, a

of Illinois, have invented a new and useful side elevation of the same. 5 Improvement in Type-Writer Attachments, Similar letters of reference refer to the same of whlch the following is a specification.- parts in the several figures of the drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in Referring by letter to the accompanying type-writer attachments for use in connection drawings, A indicates a base-board or table, with that class of type-Writers known as B a pair of upright slotted standards rigidly IO overboard machines, especially designed secured at opposite ends of the table near the for writing on bound books, piles of unbound back or upperedge thereof, and C- a guideleaves, and other flat surfaces, the type strikrod working loosely through the slots in the ing downward on the paper or book, which standards and journaled at its ends, respecremains stationary while the type and matively, in the lower ends of slides D, which 15 chine move in relation thereto. are slotted longitudinally for the passage of \Vith this class of machines great difficulty thumb screws E, entering screw threaded has been encountered in holding the Writingsockets in the upper ends of the standards B. machine firmlyupon the book or other flat sur- By means of these devices the guide-rod may face, and in a generally fixed relation thereto, be adjusted vertically in the standards and 20 so as to have the space between the lines equi may be rigidly secured at any point of its addistant and the lines parallel, while at the justment, and yet in all its adjustments be same time permitting the machine to be raised free to turn or rock. from so as to expose the page being written To the guide-rod is adjustably and slidupon, as well as to enable the printing of letingly secured arectangular frame comprising 25 ters or figures in properlyalined perpendicthe side bars F and end bars G, one of which ular columns. latter is provided with bearings I-I, sleeved The prime object of this invention is to upon the guide-rod, which maybe slittedand overcome these difficulties in a simple, yet efthumb-screwed, as shown in the drawings, to fective manner, not only holding the writingclamp and hold the guide-rod or otherwise 30 machine rigidly in position while in operaslidingly and adj ustably engage with said tion, but also maintaining a generally fixed rod, so that it may be slid along and adjusted relation between the machine and the book thereon at anydesired point, and yet be rigor other flat surface being written upon. idly secured at any point of its adjustment Another object is to have the attachment to the rod, so as to compel the latter to ro- 3 5 of such character as to be readily adjustable tate therewith whenever the opposite end of to books and the like of varying dimensions, the frame is elevated or lowered. so that the same machine may be employed The side bars F of the frame are provided for operating upon such differing books and with racks I along their inner edges, which other flat surfaces, providing for allnecessary are engaged by pinions upon the frame J of 0 changes by the simplest means adapted to be the type-Writing machine for the purpose of quickly and accurately adjusted. moving the machine longitudinally of the I attain these objects by the devices illusrectangular frame in spacing the lines. The trated in the accompanying drawings, which side bars F are also provided on their outer form a part of this specification. edges with tongues K, working in grooves on 5 5 In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a perthe frame J of the machine or some equivaspective view of an attachment embodying lent sliding connection which serves as a my invention in its operative position upon guide for the machine in its movements up a book, but with the type-writing machine and down over the surface of the book or removed; Figs. 2 and 3, detail longitudinal other flat surface being written upon. To

50 and transverse sections,respectively, through the rectangular frame is also adj ustably sethe adjustable bars and rigid frame of the atcured the bars L and M, so that they may be moved longitudinally of the frame in any suitable manner, such as by means of the slots N O, in which work the heads of the screws P, the threaded ends of which project through the bars L and M and are provided with thumb-nuts Q, by means of which the adjustable-bars L and M may be rigidly clamped to the side bars F of the rectangular frame.

It will of course be understood that the means for adjusting the bars L and M shown in the drawings and above described is but one of the many mechanical contrivances for accomplishing this purpose which would readily suggest themselves to a skilled mechanic.

The purpose of the adjustable bars is to embrace or bear against the upper and lower edges of the book or other flat surface being written upon, so as to hold the same in fixed relation to the rectangular frame, in which work they are materially assisted by the weight of the machine which rests upon the rectangular frame and therefore indirectly upon the book.

It will be understood that in the class of type-writers with which my attachment is designed to be used the type-carriage has the same lateral travel, letter by letter, as the ordinary type-Writer, and is pivoted so that it may be elevated for the purpose of disposing the page being written upon, while the line for line-spacin g is obtained in the manner previously described by a bodily movement of the type-writing machine up and down the page, which movement is obtained by a rack-and-pinion connection between the base-frame of the machine and the rectangular frame of my attachment, the pivotal support of the rectangular frame at one end thereof providing for the elevation of the machine for the purpose of removing and replacing the book readily and with accuracy.

In practice it will be found preferable to shift the book from one side to the other, so as to bring the different pages thereof under the machine, such manipulation being generally more quickly and less laboriously performed; but in the case of very large books or for other reasons it may be desirable to shift the machine, in which event the adjustable and sliding connection between the rectangular frame and the guide-rod C thereof provides for such manipulation.

The rectangular or supplemental frame is designed to be of such dimensions as to be capable of use in connection with the average sizes of books; but where unusually large books are to be written upon it will of course be necessary to provide a larger rectangular or supplemental frame and also to enlarge the base-frame of the machine.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the rectangular or supplemental frame with its adjustable bars and attaching devices to the guide-rod may be moved along or held stationary upon the guide-rod or swung upon said rod asa pivot, thus providing for the various adjustments and movements thereof from page to page of the book and the removal and replacement of the book, which it may be readily adjusted to fit and hold in fixed relation thereto, besides which the guiderod may be elevated or lowered in the slotted brackets for the purpose of adjusting the machine to books varying in thickness. The entire writing machine is therefore held firmly in any desired position for work, and yet can be easily shifted to any other required position, laterally, longitudinally, or altitudinally, and also relatively to the thickness and length of books or other surfaces upon which the writing is being done. Furthermore, the machine can be raised, lowered, or transferred to opposite pages of the book and then retransferred back to the identical point with convenience and accuracy.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with an overboard typewriting machine of a supplemental frame having a sliding connection with said machine and a vertically-adjustable pivotal support for said frame at one end thereof only, said frame being horizontally adjustable upon said support, substantially as described.

2. The combination with an overboard typewriting machine of a supplemental frame having a longitudinally-sliding connection with said machine, a transverse pivotal sup port for said frame at one end thereof only, and transverse adjustable bars on said frame near the ends thereof respectively, for engaging the upper and lower edges of a book or like object, substantially as described.

3. The combination with an overboard typewriting machine, of a supplemental frame having a longitudinally-sliding connection therewith, a transverse vertically-adjustable pivotal support for said frame at one end thereof only, and transverse, adjustable bars on said frame near the ends thereof respectively for engaging the upper andlower edges of a book or like object, substantially as described.

at. The combination with an overboard typewriting machine of a supplemental frame having a sliding connection with said machine, said frame being horizontally adjustable on its pivotal support, and transverse adjustable bars on the frame near the ends thereof respectively for engaging the upper and lower edges of a book or like object, substantially as described.

5. The combination with an overboard typewriting machine and a supplemental frame having a sliding connection therewith, of a pivotal guide-rod to which one end of said frame is secured, and vertically-adjustable journal-bearings for the ends of said rod, substantially as described.

6. The combination with an overboard typewriting machine and a supplemental frame pivotal guide-rod, a table, standards thereon, Working through the slots in the slides and and journal-bearings for said rod adjustably engaging the standards, substantially as de- [5 and slidingly connected with said standards, scribed. 5 substantially as described. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set '7. The combination with an overboard typemy hand, in presence of two witnesses, this writing machine and a supplemental frame 2ith day of July, A. D. 1890. having a sliding connection therewith of it having a sliding connection therewith, of a} of said rod are journaled, and set-screws i F T i ll J l! guide-rod to which one end of said frame is GEORGL FORD HMO, 10 secured, a table, slotted standards secured Witnesses:

thereto through which the ends of said rod A. J SPARKs,

freely work, slotted slides in which the ends JOHN OONLEY. 

